DemoChoice Web Poll: Cutest San Francisco Zoo animal
1 candidate will be elected with 2,506 ballots cast.
Round 1
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 polar bear |
|
816 | (32.6%) | |
 lion |
|
571 | (22.8%) | |
 meerkat |
|
469 | (18.7%) | |
 lemur |
|
363 | (14.5%) | |
 prairie dog |
|
285 | (11.4%) | Defeated |
In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
The last-place candidate ( prairie dog) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Cutest San Francisco Zoo animal
1 candidate will be elected with 2,506 ballots cast.
Round 2
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| polar bear |
|
917 | (36.7%) | |
| lion |
|
600 | (24.0%) | |
| meerkat |
|
563 | (22.5%) | |
| lemur |
|
417 | (16.7%) | Defeated |
The last-place candidate ( lemur) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Cutest San Francisco Zoo animal
1 candidate will be elected with 2,506 ballots cast.
Round 3
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| polar bear |
|
1,083 | (43.6%) | |
| lion |
|
636 | (25.6%) | Defeated |
| meerkat |
|
763 | (30.7%) | |
The last-place candidate ( lion) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.
Go to the next round.
DemoChoice Web Poll: Cutest San Francisco Zoo animal
1 candidate will be elected with 2,506 ballots cast.
Round 4
| Candidate | Votes | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| polar bear |
|
1,562 | (64.0%) | Elected |
| meerkat |
|
878 | (36.0%) | Defeated |
polar bear has enough votes to guarantee victory (50%) and is declared a winner.
In the end, 62.3% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 32.6% if only the first-round votes were used.
Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.
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DemoChoice Web Poll: Cutest San Francisco Zoo animal
1 candidate will be elected with 2,506 ballots cast.
Ballot Depth
This shows how much the lower rankings on ballots contributed to the winning candidate.
| Rank | Fraction of votes for winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |
|
51.8% | |
| 2nd |
|
37.9% | |
| 3rd |
|
8.1% | |
| 4th |
|
1.8% | |
| 5th |
|
0.3% | |